Separation Anguish
Dread of separation anxiety
Anguish I felt with certainty
Yet due to childhood’s knowledge-obscurity
I could not fathom its reality.
Such awful feeling I experienced when my mother left me for a while
Not that she would go afar; not even a mile
During my first encounter as a learning juvenile
In a kindergarten class, of “no parents allowed inside” style.
I indeed had secured confidence in my mother’s presence
God’s love I delighted in through her care’s iridescence
So when she announced midst long silence about her would-be absence
Torturous separation-despair gripped my innocence.
The Lord be praised for His wondrous plan for my family
Since Mother refused to work abroad and stayed with us decisively…
…My days would have been miserable terribly…
…Without her --- I knew that undeniably.
Then Mother accompanied me to the University-dormitory
Which would be my home – away from relatives’ territory
Parting from Mom made me weary of homesickness-worry
But God’s grace upheld me, healing my culture shock-caused injury.
The greatest blow of separation-distress hit my heart
When Mother’s last breath set me from her apart
Were it not for God’s comfort*, I could be paralyzed by grief-dart
Making me agonize painfully … groping on how to start.
God’s mercy enabled me to move on, along her sweet memories that prevail
I’ll forget her never, and on this Mother’s Day – of her legacy I myself avail.
By faith, I’ll soon see Mom, for death’s temporal might will surely fail
We’ll be reunited; and together, we’ll praise God and His name forever hail!
*Psalm 71:21 Thou (LORD) shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Narrative in rhyme along dramatic monologue form.
May 8, 2018
Somehow nostalgic to me reverberating "Last song for my resting place"
10th place, "Black Country Communion" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Robert James Liguori; judged on 7/23/2023
Copyright © Beata Agustin | Year Posted 2018
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